The Soloist Steve Lopez Analysis

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Non-Fiction Ind. Reading Prompt In the following novel, “The Soloist” by Steve Lopez. The author captures the reader’s interest quickly by the first paragraph. Lopez talks about this mysterious man he encounters on the street, but ends up losing him the minute he looks away. Lopez also teaches his readers that to not judge a book by its cover, because it may surprise the reader of the story it has within. Lopez captures the reader's interest with the line, “The man plays on, a lone fiddler. He throws his head back, closes his eyes, drifts. A portrait of tortured bliss.”(Lopez 4). This particular line introduces the man that would later be known as Nathaniel Anthony Ayers. A man that is close to the age of 50, was born and raised in cleveland,

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